Press TV - Syrian feature film �The Father��has collected the Best Screenplay Award at the ending ceremony of the International Resistance Film Festival in Tehran.

The Friday ceremony honored the film�s director Bassel al-Khatib, who co-authored the screenplay along with his brother Waddah al-Khatib.

The prize was given to Syria�s Director-General of the General Establishment for Cinema Murad Shahin, who was present at the ceremony.

The film narrates the struggles of �Ibrahim Abdallah,��a Syrian father who tries to evacuate his family along with other fleeing Syrians from their threatened city, only to be captured by terrorists.

The story is said to depict �the resilience of the Syrian people in safe-guarding their country and beliefs.�

Shahin, who was also honored for Syria�s cinematic attempts at �portraying Syria�s resistance,��spoke at the event and expressed his desire for a similar festival to be also held annually in his country.

�I see your tradition of [honoring resistance] as a sign of Iran�s greatness, strength and civilization. Your attitude and respect shows how Iran is a cultured nation with a long history that can not be subdued.�

The Syrian cinema official also noted that Iran�s �Damascus Time� war movie�about Iranian forces in Syria, which won Iran's highest cinematic award in the annual Fajr Film Festival in February, was co-produced by Syria and stands as a good example of bilateral cooperation.

Prominent Syrian actress Salama al-Masri was also honored for her role in the Syrian film �The Remnant.�

Among other honored foreign figures were Kim�Druzhinin and�Andrey�Shalopaf for the Russian 2016 war film "Panfilov's 28 Men,"�Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal for their 2018 documentary �Killing Gaza� and Jeremy Williams for the 2017 documentary �On a Knife Edge� depicting the struggles of Native Americans in the United States.

Fatimah Mughniyeh, daughter of late Hezbollah commander�Imad Mughniyah, along with Iraq�s Popular Mobilization Committee leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were also invited to the ceremony.